The 27th Day Page #2

Your party is on the line.

Go ahead, please.

Mr. Clark?

Yes.

Mr.Jonathan Clark?

That's right.

This is Eve Wingate.

Do you remember me?

Why, yes. Of course I do.

How did you know where to find me?

Well, I remembered you

said you were working,

so I took a chance

of telephoning you.

Look, I'm going to come to California.

Now, be sensible, Miss Wingate,

stay where you are.

No, I can't. I made reservations

on the midnight plane to London...And

And... I'm coming anyway.

I'm leaving tonight.

- Now, wait a minute.

- I can't go back.

Afternoon, Mr. Clark.

Hi, Joe.

- What will you have today?

- I'll have a steak sandwich.

Medium rare.

Yes, sir.

Hey Joe, fix the television. Will you?

Uh...Nothing but trouble.

This is an announcement

of the most vital importance.

Sure it is!

All television, radio, and

telephone communications

throughout the world

Have been interrupted so that

this transmission could be made

People of Earth, I am an alien

from outer space.

What's he selling,

flying saucers?

36 hours ago,

five members of human

race were transported from Earth

to the space vessel

from which I'm speaking.

Each of them has since

been returned to Earth

bearing with them information

of concern to

every human being on your planet.

These five people are:

Evelyn Wingate,

of Cornwall, England;

Professor Klaus Bechner,

of Germany;

Su Tan of the province

of Kunming, China;

Jonathan Clark

of Los Angeles, California;

and Private Ivan Godofsky, a soldier

from behind the Iron Curtain.

Going somewhere,

Private Godofsky?

Good evening, this is Ward Mason.

Word just in confirms that the strange

broadcast that has startled the world,

Has been heard throughout the

Iron Curtain and the satellite countries.

As to the question: was it real?

The answer must now be held to be: Yes!

In so far as can now be

determined the alien

Whoever or whatever he is

Effectively managed to blanket

every facet of the Earth's

communication facilities

For the ten minutes

in which he had his say.

This has been confirmed by the FCC.

The FCC's officials privately admit

they are now convinced

that the alien spoke from

a point

Somewhere beyond an outside

of the earth's atmosphere.

One thing is uppermost in the

minds of the millions

of people who saw and heard the alien.

Where are the five people whose

names he kept repeating?

Who do they know?

What do they know?

Meanwhile here in this

country the search for

Jonathan Clark has

been intensified.

Clark the newspaper

man disappeared

from a downtown Los

Angeles restaurant

And is assumed be in hiding.

Extra! Read all about it!

Extra!

Martians at Earth!

Read all about it!

Police search are

targeted for Jonathan Clark!

Boy, paper!

Extra.

Martians press Earth.

Extra!!

Police looking for Jonathan Clark

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

Don't say anything.

I thought you'd never make it.

Neither did I. How'd you find me?

I didn't dare wire you.

I kept watching

the planes all morning.

Come on, let's go.

- Where to, mack?

- Hollywood

- Does this thing work?

- Yes

What in heaven's name is that?

- Rock'n'roll.

- Rock'n'roll?

Music, almost.

- What's the matter?

- You look different.

Of course. I'm disguised.

Oh, you shaved off your mustache.

The best I can do under the circumstances.

What are we going to do?

I wish I knew. Since one

o'clock this afternoon

I've been public

enemy number one.

- Are you sure we're right in running?

- Until I have time to think, yes.

Where do we run to?

Where do we hide?

We couldn't get out of

Los Angeles even if we tried.

3 minutes after my disappearance

They had this whole town locked up.

Where to,then?

I think I know a place.

It is crazy.

But it might work.

We're going to have to stop

and buy somethings first.

- Isn't that risky?

- It's a chance we'll have to take.

There is no real danger, Mr. Ingram.

There's a slight concussion but he'll

be able to talk for a few days

That long?

I'd have to inform the president.

Excuse me, Professor Karl

Neuhaus to see you.

- Thank you. Excuse me.

- Uh, nurse...

How are you,Carl? Sorry to drag

you away from your project.

- How is the Professor?

- Recovering.

I'm able to talk to him?

Not yet.

Look, we found this on the professor.

That's why we called you

and we very much like

to know what it is.

Is it anything you've seen before?

No.

Can you open it?

I don't know.

If we're gonna believe this

fantastic story of a spaceship,

We must assume there are

four more of those,

including one behind

the iron curtain.

Godofsky is here.

Send him in.

Come forward, Private Godofsky.

You have been honored,

Private Godofsky.

The first member of our country

to visit space.

I understand you were a little confused

when Colonel Gregor found you.

He had the peculiar impression

that you were running away.

The broadcast said

that you were taken aboard the spaceship

36 hours ago.

Yes, sir.

How is it that you did

not come to us at once?

I was afraid no one

would believe me, sir.

I understand that these people from space

gave you some very

important information.

Yes, sir.

I'm waiting.

They just gave me that box.

That's very interesting.

What are the capsules for?

I..I don't know, sir.

You don't know?

Not exactly, sir.

We were given these boxes.

All of you?

The alien gave you this

without telling you what it was for?

He said just they

contain the secret of great power.

Did he tell you how to use

this great power?

No, sir.

I see.

I suppose you were not told how to, uh...

open the box.

No, sir.

Were you told anything?

Just if I were to die,

what was in the box would be of no value.

That's fascinating.

Your story must be recorded

for everybody to know about.

You will be happy to

repeat it at later length, will you not?

Yes, sir.

You're dismissed.

- You heard?

- Yes, sir.

- You know what to do.

- Yes, sir

A racetrack! It's

the last place I

know they'd ever

thought of coming to.

That's the general idea.

Are you sure no one

do where we about?

Well, not even the horses are here

out of season.

Are you ok?

Come on, let's go.

How many of those?

Just two. They have regular rounds.

But we can avoid them.

You're awfully well informed, aren't you?

I used to cover the track

for my paper.

I spent a lot of airtime and money here.

Come on, let's go.

I hope this works.

Welcome to Changri-La

Our home for the next 25 days.

Crazy, isn't it?

I just can't believe it.

You're lucky the horses

aren't here.

Hey!

Blankets! The human kind.

Which one would madam prefer?

The upstairs or downstairs?

Look, before we were already settled down

I think we'd rather

start by rearranging

the furniture, don't you?

One duplex, coming up.

- Cocktails, anyone?

- You forced me.

- Cheers.

- Good luck.

Say, that's

good.Where'd you learn

to fix such a good Martini?

It was easy.

You forgot the Vermouth.

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